Start upper left corner, read from left to right This is all done in Blender, the question is how to do it in Maya? The video that is referenced is here: https://youtu.be/Nn7mISvVzJk?t=1m19s The research I've done so far has pointed me at Birail, curve extrude, curve-to-tube. Curve-to-tube is the closest to what I want but…
@JaYcin3d Was going to model an example (...still might if time permits, alongside posting a result as well) utilizing a mainly non-destructive subd approach. Probably either Boolean - Bevel modifiers + weighted normals or Shrinkwrap - mesh data transfer technique?! But since I'm sensing you're more concerned with how the…
My opion is try to use Bend and FFD mods when I can. Then used extra geo like 64 sided cylinders to get what you have. I also have a lot of luck with a very lo base mesh sub d to 1 iteration and then modeling in more geo on top or sculpting what ever the need may be. It is like a gear that let say has 8 points coming out…
Well much more important than realizing what you had is too little geometry, and 150 is too much geometry, is simply understanding how sub-d modeling works, so that you can simply use logic and choose the appropriate amount of geometry. You'll never be able to define cutouts on a curve when all you have is flat planes. You…
@rtos That kind of looks like Cuban style chain? Do you have a reference photo of the exact type of link? The array modifier has a distance merge option and the values can be set very low. Having the bevel in the middle of the stack may be compounding the problem. Try running all the array modifiers first then run the…
Oo oo, i know this one @Dklang, first one definitely make a tileable texture. 2nd, quite possibly one of the most aggravating things ever. Off the top of my head I have 3 solutions; 1)go in and work the the topology itself, get the loop to travel back around the top of the surface rather than ever touching its side, or…
Hi there im having a trouble with modeling 1 shape.Its a roof. This is where im currently at: I've worked out sketch earlier and stuff,can't scan the pic right now. Anyway,i know the shape i want for the roof,i thought i'll make it,but im stuck. Here's illustration of what i want to make with roof Basically,i know i can…
Well, Spent most of the night learning how not to make it. This is where i ended up: Geo sphere with 1 segment. Chamfer all verts until tris and pents Weld Use select similar always every time every day delete tris scale all faces locally Bridge/cap/remove edges to span the gaps. or user "create" plolies I suppose. connect…
So this a little weird and out of the subject area, forgive me... Imagine I have a compound curve mesh like a bowl and the walls of the bowl have a varying thickness. Say I wanted to unfold this bowl flat, as one would for papercraft, but wanted to retain the thickness of the walls. Is there a software, a script, anything…
@chopsuey Hey bud, this is the classic "cutting a hole in a cylinder" problem. I suggest you look through this thread for some learning, because this is just one method to do this. In short why you're getting stretchy no-no's is because you made an extrusion at the cylinder's established edge, and you are NOT allowed to…